Bob Norris
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- Aug 4, 2006
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Evening, I have a nice trencher I built and will post pics and info later but being somewhat of an inventor I'm just wondering if anyone has ever done this Ive got a case 1835b. Its one of the best small skid steers ever made. Heres the deal. The trannies eventually kick the bucket and cost way to much to rebuild. Being a hydraulic freak I'm thinking of sh*t canning it and bolting the tandem pump right to the engine. Then using 25gpm 4 way valves control the drive motors and system hydraulics with joy sticks instead of levers. I personally hate foot controls and thats one reason I went with case. I have access to a few 1835's and 40's with bad trannies cheap. The parts to convert will be about $700, way more reasonable then a rebuilt trannie. I think it would be more efficient as well not to mention the ease of control of levers instead of handles connected to hydraulic valves. Any comments?